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I have long suffered from the syndrome of TTDIA–Trying To Do It All. My calendar is filled with activities. My planner is stuffed with unmet goals. I try to pack more and more into each day only to realize when it’s time to go to bed that I haven’t accomplished even half of what I […]
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A few years ago I was part of women’s Bible study group in another church. As part of the study book we were doing, we were all encouraged to keep a gratitude journal. Every day for a week we were instructed to write down at least three things we were thankful for. One of the […]
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My dad loved meetings. And that was a good thing because he needed to attend a lot of them. After retiring from his job as a radio station sales manager, he ran for city council and won. In the city he lived in, it wasn’t a full-time job, but it involved a lot of council […]
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I started a new habit this week: brushing my teeth while standing on one leg. It looks silly, but the idea is to improve my balance. I heard about this practice from the book Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives, by Gretchen Rubin. Rubin is one of my favorite secular authors […]
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Are you sitting in one of life’s waiting rooms? Waiting for Mr. Right? For a child? For a new job? I’ve been there too. And I have to admit, I didn’t wait well. I complained. I griped. I made sure God knew that I didn’t like the way things were going. But I’ve been learning […]
Continue reading...Easter is almost here. But before we get to the joyful celebration of Resurrection Sunday, we need to go through the darkness of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. One of my favorite passages in the Bible tells us what Jesus talked about to His disciples on the night before He went to the cross. John’s […]
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“What did you do today?” It’s an innocent question. One I usually like to answer. One I often use to get a conversation going. It’s even a question I often ask myself. I’m a doer. You too? We doers like to accomplish things. We make massive to-do lists and find glee in placing little check […]
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I woke too early. My body was still tired, but my internal clock was still on Central Time even though I was in Hawaii. We had arrived the night before, tired from travel, and flopped into bed. But now I was wide awake. I made my way to the windows and pushed open the curtains. […]
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My husband and I heard of an opportunity to take a fabulous vacation. The place sounded fascinating. We had never been there before. But we said no. Why? Because it wasn’t China. When we heard of the opportunity, we both looked at each other and said, “I don’t think so. The cost of that trip […]
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Years ago a friend came to our house broken and discouraged. His heart was more than bruised. It had been stomped on, kicked in, and used as a punching bag. His wife had just asked for a divorce. My husband is a pastor and this man was not only a friend, but a member of […]
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